Coolidge lays out postwar policy in first address
President Coolidge frames a conservative program as the 58th Congress opens. He backs limited League of Nations involvement, supports a World Court with reservations, favors tax cuts and debt adjustments, urges retrenchment, and seeks railroad and coal reforms without government ownership. He rejects broad bonus grants for veterans.
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House
Gillett
Coolidge
League of Nations
League
United States
World Court
Senate
Russia
Great Britain
Congress
Mellon
Republicans seek 30 day peace to push rules liberalization
The regular and progressive Republican factions agree to a 30 day truce while progressives press for liberalized rules. They hold the balance of power despite small numbers and may lack enough Democratic votes to alter the rules. Progressives backed Cooper of Wisconsin for speaker. Democrats rallied behind Finis J. Garrett. Longworth of Ohio leads the majority.
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House
Cooper
Wisconsin
Finis J. Garrett
Tennessee
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Coolidge Favored by South Dakota Supporters in Early Nomination Vote
Supporters of President Coolidge celebrated South Dakota results where the Republican convention gave Coolidge a 23 089 to 77 000 vote lead over Hiram Johnson. Arthur Capper was named vice president. Democrats backed McAdoo with 39 018 to 5 072 for Ford, Girard placed second. Farmer Lab voters backed La Follette. Johnson crowd tempered by Coolidge bonus opposition, platform backed by South Dakota Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
South Dakota
Hiram Johnson
Arthur Capper
Kansas
McAdoo
Henry Ford
James W. Girard
New York
British election results shift power in parliament
Conservatives appear defeated as Baldwin's government risks a slender majority after delayed country returns. Liberals gain significantly and Labor expands, though women candidates largely fail with Lady Astor and Susan Lawrence succeeding. Arthur Henderson loses his seat to a Liberal.
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Baldwin
Liberal Party
Lady Astor
Susan Lawrence
Arthur Henderson
France Begins Ruhr Withdrawal After Wage Agreement
France moves to withdraw troops from occupied Ruhr cities, with payments in kind and resumption of work, following an agreement with Ruhr industrialists. Belgium’s urging accelerates the pullback to outside points, while twenty one railway lines revert to German control.
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Aving
Ruhr
Belgium
France
Mexican revolt erupts as Adolfo de la Huerta leads revolt
Civil war has broken out in multiple Mexican states as Adolfo de la Huerta and Co-operatista backers declare rebellion against President Obregon. They accuse the government of sovereignty violations and attacking republican institutions while underlyingly opposing Obregon backing Calles for successor.
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IVIL
Mexico
Vera Cruz
San Luis Potosi
Chihuahua
Michoacan
Tamaulipas
Guerrero
Obregon
Adolfo de la Huerta
Co-operatista Party
de la Huerta
Calles
Prohibition Agents Not Civil Officers, Judge Rules
Federal Judge Woodrough of Omaha holds prohibition agents lack civil officer status and authority to issue search warrants. Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt reports rising litigation over federal law violations with 49 021 criminal and 4 109 civil cases started under the national prohibition act, an increase of 15 889. Rum smuggling is described as the era s largest criminal problem on the high seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrough
Omaha
Prohibition
Mabel Willebrandt
Daugherty
Willebrandt
United States
High Seas
Russian Scientist Claims Salt Wire Breakthrough
A Moscow dispatch reports Professor Joffe has found a way to make rock salt into a wire stronger than steel by heating to reconfigure its atomic structure. The method, arising from mutability of metals research, allegedly increases durability and ductility up to 300 times and could revolutionize metals if applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Joffe
Prosecutions Aimed At Veterans Bureau Irregularities
Attorney General Daugherty says criminal prosecutions will begin after an investigation by his department and a special senate committee into alleged irregularities in the Veterans Bureau under former director Colonel Forbes. General Hines appeals to the American Legion for help placing rehabilitated ex soldiers. About 71,000 men are in vocational training with 10,000 set to finish in three months.
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Daugherty
Special
Senate Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Frank T. Hines
Bureau
American Legion
Hines
Fox caught during hunt near Tampico southeast of Seymour
Louis Otte and William Wayman trapped a fox while hunting in the vicinity of Tampico about fifteen miles southeast of Seymour.
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Louis Otte
William Wayman
Tampico
Seymour
Northeastern Indiana Agricultural group names officers
O. F. Johnston is re-elected chairman of the Northeastern Indiana Agricultural association. A. C. Brouse of Kendalville is chosen secretary. Huntington county jail has no prisoners for the first time since last June. Peter Joy was released on bond after a period as the sole inmate. Catholic drive reaches its $575,000 goal to fund a community center and a girls home in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Johnston
Northeastern Indiana Agricultural Association
A. C. Brouse
Kendalville
Huntington County
Peter Joy
Fort Wayne
Petersburg mayor race sees second Republican candidate
Orion Peed, town chairman and justice of the peace for Washington township, becomes the second man to announce his bid for the Republican mayoral nomination in the new city of Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion Peed
Washington Township
Petersburg
Loganport Citizen Killed by Train at Station
John H. Burton seventy two a prominent Loganport citizen was killed as a Pennsylvania passenger train pulled into the station. Both legs were severed at the hips.
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John H. Burton
Logansport
Pennsylvania
Jenkins Brothers Sweep at International Live Stock Show
Jenkins brothers of Orleans Indiana won the grand champion boar among breeding Berkshire hogs at the Chicago International Live Stock Show. They also captured the grand champion sow and the reserve champion sow in the same Berkshire judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins Brothers
Orleans
Ind
Chicago
Third Bandit In Lieferman Killing Receives Life Sentence
The third member of the bandit trio that killed Otto Lieferman at Terre Haute on September 19 was given a life sentence at Sullivan after William Goings pled guilty to first degree murder before Judge Walter F. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Lieferman
Terre Haute
Sullivan
William Goings
Walter F. Wood
Fourteen Year Old Bowen Enlists in Navy and Reports Cuba
Fred Bowen of Huntington writes his parents that he has enlisted in the navy and is on his way to Cuba. He is fourteen years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bowen, and disappeared three weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bowen
L. M. Bowen
Huntington
Cuba
Father and daughter wed in same Noblesville ceremony
Miss Lela May Creekmore married Ralph Waterman while her father J. T. Creekmore wed Miss Lilly Ferguson in the same ceremony at Noblesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Lela May Creekmore
Ralph Waterman
Miss Creekmore
J. T. Creekmore
Lilly Ferguson
Forward whistle position could cut rail costs says Foley
Professor Arthur L. Foley of Indiana University Bloomington argues that moving locomotive whistles forward and using a single high pitched note would save many lives and reduce railroad coal bills by about 5 million dollars.
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Arthur L. Foley
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Dam No 47 lockkeeper houses under construction near Newburg
Contractors will start work in a few days on two concrete and brick houses for lockkeepers at government dam No 47 on the Ohio river near Newburg. The new dam work is advancing rapidly though it may pause with high water or cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Dam No. 47
Ohio River
Newburg
Hartford City Glass Plant Celebrates Production Lead Dinner
Superintendents and foremen of the American Window Glass factory in Hartford City will attend a dinner on December 15 to mark the plant producing more window glass relative to capacity than any other plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Window Glass
Hartford City
Officers elected for ensuing year of English Chapter
The Order of the Eastern Star elected officers for the coming year at its English meeting. Mrs. A. N. Bobbitt was chosen worthy matron and Mrs. H. W. Mack worthy patron. Leonard Cummins was named associate matron with Charles T. Brown as secretary and Ernest L. Lessor as treasurer. Selah M. Austin became conductor and Joseph M. Patton associate conductress.
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Order of the Eastern Star
A. N. Bobbitt
H. W. Mack
Leonard Cummins
Charles T. Brown
Ernest L. Lessor
Selah M. Austin
Joseph M. Patton
New Officers of James Emmet Post G A R Elected
At a Wabash meeting of the James Emmet post G A R the 1924 officers were chosen. Daniel Jackson is post commander with John Coe as senior vice commander and Samuel Fr Payne as junior vice commander. T C McClure is chaplain Isaac Needham surgeon A F Ebinghouse quartermaster J C Waite officer of the day and August Seamans officer of the guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Emmet
Wabash
Daniel Jackson
John Coe
Samuel Fr. Payne
T. C. McClure
Isaac Needham
A. F. Ebbinghouse
J. C. Waite
August Seamans
Indiana Odd Fellows Elect New Grand Officers
Charles O. Thomas a Bloomington railway mail clerk was chosen grand master of the Indiana grand lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the closing session at Indianapolis. Joseph G. Long of Logansport was elected grand warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Thomas
Bloomington
Indiana Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Joseph G. Long
Logansport
Louisville Cement gives smokers to Milltown staff at Community House
The Louisville Cement company plant at Milltown distributed smokers to Milltown employees at the Community House. Service buttons honoring tenure from five years to thirty five years were awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Cement Company
Milltown
Lions club to place road signs near Anderson
Hoosier Motor club sent two hundred road marking signs to be installed on highways near Anderson by Anderson Lions club members. Otis in Laporte county suffered a large fire destroying a general store a dance hall and several residences with losses around 15000 dollars.
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Hoosier Motor Club
Anderson
Anderson Lions Club
Otis
Laporte County
Indianapolis Mayor Lew Shank to Speak at Anderson Rotary Lunch
Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank accepts invitation to address the Anderson Rotary Club at a lunch on December 11. A timing note on local civic events and church dedication in Seymour is also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Anderson Rotary Club
Indiana Man 84 Chooses Coffin then Dies in Acid Drinking
Boulton Wilson of Indianapolis aged eighty four selected a coffin and drank two ounces of acid at the J C Wilson undertaking establishment, dying shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulton Wilson
Indianapolis
J. C. Wilson
Cholera-like Disease Hits Local Poultry Flocks
County agent in Logansport reports many cases of a cholera like illness decimating chickens while veterinarians are called in frequently to diagnose and curb the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Engineer reports completion of trail section in Franklin County
Co. J. Newby of the state highway commission, in charge since last April, reports the French Lick trail east of Boonville is finished between Otter Creek bridge and Sargent Creek bridge. Harry Sheridan named Clinton county chairman for the Harding Memorial drive, with Gilbert Adams as assistant chairman. Sheridan plans to organize each township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. J. Newby
State Highway Commission
French Lick Trail
Boonville
Otter Creek Bridge
Sargent Creek Bridge
Harry Sheridan
Clinton County
Harding Memorial Association
Gilbert Adams
Frankfort
Sheridan
Sheriff-elect Bowyer names deputies for Logansport county
Walter Bowyer, who takes office January 1 as sheriff, names C. R. Kahler a deputy sheriff and Bruce Vaughn of Royal Center chosen as turnkey of the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bowyer
Logansport
C. R. Kahler
Bruce Vaughn
Royal Center
Dedication of First Baptist Church at Anderson
More than 1,000 attended the formal dedication of the First Baptist church in Anderson with representatives from across Indiana. Dr. Carlos M. Dinsmore of Indianapolis delivered the dedicatory sermon as superintendent of the Indiana Baptist church.
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First Baptist Church
Anderson
Indiana
Carlos M. Dinsmore
Indianapolis
The
Baptist Church In
Red Cross Roll Call Totals $1198 for Delta Tau
Delta Tau sorority at Wabash under Mrs Eva B Rohbock completed the annual Red Cross roll call raising 1198 dollars and 70 cents. Fifty cents of each subscription goes to national headquarters while the rest funds local service and other donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Delta Tau Sorority
Eva B. Rohbock
Wabash
Indiana drainage districts formed 1920 to 1922
Drainage districts in 20 Indiana counties through 1922 cover over 128000 acres with projected expenditures above 1048000 dollars. Data from the United States Department of Agriculture division of agricultural engineering in 1923 notes these public ditches were created under state drainage laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Division of Agricultural Engineering
United States Department of Agriculture
Officers elected by Greensburg Legion post named
Officers elected by Joe Welsh post number 129 of the American Legion Greensburg include Karl H. Zoller as commander Robert G Haas as adjutant Dyar Wood as senior vice commander C W Bartholomew as junior vice commander Arthur J Fuchtman as treasurer Ross Reed as sergeant at arms Sanford Starks as chaplain and Ira Miller as executive committee man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Welsh Post
American Legion
Greensburg
Karl H. Zoller
Robert G. Haas
Dyar Wood
C. W. Bartholomew
Arthur J. Fuchtman
Ross Reed
Sanford Starks
Ira Miller
Huntington Pure Bred Livestock Association Liquidates Assets
The livestock pavilion and adjacent real estate of the Huntington Pure Bred Livestock and Agricultural Association will be sold to meet liabilities. The board of directors voted to liquidate after finding the venture unprofitable under current farming conditions. Liabilities total $16,500 with assets at $18,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Pure Bred Live Stock and Agricultural Association
Indiana Grange Leader Newsom Returns from National Meeting
Jesse Newsom a Bartholomew county farmer and master of the Indiana State Grange returns to Columbus from Pittsburgh where he attended the national Grange meeting. He denies reports of splits among slangers but says state masters indicated a pessimistic attitude among Grangers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Newsom
Bartholomew County
Indiana State Grange
Columbus
Pittsburgh
National Grange
Newsom
Bank failure probe leads to Danville indictments
A Hendricks county grand jury investigation into the collapse of the North Salem bank, which closed last July, resulted in the indictment of Joseph B. Fleese assistant cashier Charles W. Davis president and Miss Lottie Davis bookkeeper. They were arrested and released on bond.
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Hendricks County
North Salem Bank
Danville
Joseph B. Fleese
Charles W. Davis
Lottie Davis
Evangelist George Stephens Ends Six Weeks in Hartford City
A subscription fund totaling nearly $1,500 was presented to Evangelist George Stephens of Winon Lake after he completed a six weeks campaign in Hartford City.
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Evangelist George Stephens
Winon Lake
Hartford City
Quote on endurance and personal fault in duty
A reflective line asserts that men should endure the hardest burdens that arise from mistakes they themselves make, framing responsibility and fortitude as intertwined in moral action.
Long-sought pleasures exceed constant gains
A reflective line contrasts gratification from desires fulfilled after long pursuit with ongoing attainment, suggesting deeper satisfaction comes from pursuing valued aims rather than repeated acquisitions.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Gleaming Linens
Advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry to insure gleaming white tablie linens with claim it never disappoints. Sold at all good grocers.
Contemplative Philosophy as a Quiet Intellectual Practice
A short note reflects on contemplative philosophy as a calm, reflective approach rather than a forceful, action oriented mindset. It contrasts inward inquiry with outward bustle and suggests personal insight over ambitious pursuit.
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Vanderburg County Infirmary
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